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RECEIPTS.
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take
out,
wash,
and
finish.
Put,
however,
a
little
bumach,
—
ahoiit
2 ounc.-s
to
the
pound
of
logwood.
This
will
be
a
good
^hade
of
brov/n.
To
alter
this
shade,
put
into
jour
li(jnor
a
proportionally
small
quantity
of
alum-liquor,
again
enter
the
goods:
you
will
have
a
good
haudsome
shade
on
silklas
well
as
woollen.
-No.
185.
A
Black
inclining
to
Purple,
on
Wool
and
Silk.
Take
4
pounds
logwood,
1
pound
sumach;
boil
them
in
a
sufficient
quantity
of
water;
cool
down
with
water
enough
to
dye
4
or
5
pounds
of
silk
or
wool
;
enter
the
goods
;
bring
them
to
a
boil,
for
10
minutes
;
take
out,
partly
cool
down
;
put
in
about
1
pound
copperas;
again
enter
your
goods,
bring
them
to
a
boil,
take
out,
wash,
and
finish.
(Chiefly
intended
for
wool.)
N.B.
—
A
pair
of
pantaloons,
or
any
other
article
which
is
old,
would
not
need
to
be
so
particular
in
quantity of
dye-stuiis
or
length
of
time.
It
will
also
answer
for
cotton,
and
that
without
sumach,
if
the
sumach
is
not
at
hand.
(This
is
intended
chiefly
for
woollen.)
No.
186.
A
Black
inclining
to
Brown,
on
Silk
and
Woollen.
Take
1
part
sumach,
1
logwood,
1
h}^ernick
or
peach-wood;
boil
the
dye-stuffs;
cool
down;
put
in
the
silk
or
woollen
according
to
the
quantity
of
your
dye-woods,
bring
them
to
a
boil,
for
10
minutes,
take
out
the
goods,
cool
down
;
having
put
in
a
Buflicient
quantity
of
dissolved
copperas,
again
enter